Like all kid protagonists in movies, Wadjda's Wadjda wants one pure thing so much that the very concept of want shades into need. If this plucky Saudi Arabian girl (played by preteen Waad Mohammed) ...

With today's news that Wadjda will become the first Saudi Arabian film submitted for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar consideration, the film—also the first directed by a Saudi woman and the first ...

New York-trained Saudi actress-helmer Ahd Kamel is most recognized for her role as the teacher in “Wadjda.” As a director, she received attention with her 2013 short “Sanctity,” which premiered at the ...

(AP) Haifaa Al Mansour had to go to great lengths to make the groundbreaking Saudi film “Wadjda” and not only because it is the first feature made entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first directed by a ...

Sony Pictures Classics have pre-bought Unidentified, the new feature from Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda, The Perfect Candidate), acquiring the contemporary Saudi-language thriller film for ...

Sony Pictures Classics has announced that they have acquired all rights to UNIDENTIFIED in North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, and worldwide airlines.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired “Unidentified,” the latest feature from groundbreaking Saudi director Haifaa Al Mansour. The film reunites Al Mansour with SPC 13 years after it came aboard her ...